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THE BENNETT BANNER
may. 1947
THE BENNETT BANNER
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BUITORIAL BOARD
EMltor Thilma T. Thomas, ’47
Associate Editor—
Viola Holland. '47
News E^ditor Gwen Cank. '49
STAFF ASSISTANTS
Assistant Business Managers—
Jean McCoro, ’47—Maby Duncan. '50
Exchange Editor—
L.OUISE Armstrong, 47
Assistant Circulation Manager—
Martha Morley, '50
PRCX)F READERS
Doris Marks, '47 Lillian Murphy. '49 Ethel Johnson, '47
REPORTERS
Satla Sorreals, '50 Rose Hogans, ’47
Bernice Campbell. '48 Wlllle Ruth Coles, '47
Wilma Vestal. '50 Dorothy Arnold, '48
Virginia Jefferies, '48 Ann Merritt, ’50
Theda Johnson, '50 Miriam McTeer, '47
ADVISOR NANCY L. PINKARD
EDITORIALLY SPEAKING
WHERE?
Where? 'I'hat is the one word, the one question that is troubling the
people of the world day and night. Where - is our peace? Where -
are we gjing? Where — are those intangibles tailed brotherhood and
love? '1 hese questions and many more Hit across our minds as we look
around our world, and sec peace that doesn t seem to be |>eace at all,
but a threat ol an all-destructive atomic war in a short space ol time.
The ellects of these unanswered questions may be seen in the muddled
bewildered look in the eyes of us all. The insecurity ol the present day;
of the tomorrows; Kk) cautiously planned futures that last lor a day;
the nothingness that seems to fill our every grasp — all of these are
mirrored there. lUit the answer is there too — Rellected from our souls
there comes a faith — a faith through which we can answer all our
|uestions. This faith must ficlp us to realize that our world, like all
other things, must pass through many crises — that all futures at times
look black, a blackness that lirings with it many drastic changes, but
behind it all there are the sunljeanis of brotherhood and love that
stream to (Ihrist our light and peace. Yes, our jieace seems uncertain,
what with talk of war today or tomorrow, butthrough our faith, we
know that it MUST and will hold to bring us better tomorrows. Where
arc we going? We are going to a belter future!
As this school season draws to a close, let us look up and take inven
tory of ourselves and of what we want our futures to be. Then let us
turn and lake the hands of our brothers and our Ohrist to make our
world what wc desire it to be.
By TIU'J.MA THOMAS.
SENIORS, FAREWELL!!
Four years seem an awfully long lime to stay in college. One can
hardly imagine how she can possibly slay in school for so long a time
with so many exciting things happening in the outside world. I'.special-
ly the four years you have spent here. Years of war, victory and the task
of making a lasting peace.
What have these four years meant to you? A lime to work, of pre
paring for goals ahead — sheer enjoyment from everytlay association —
a reali/ation of your worth as an individual — or has this been a rich
anti full experience which will linger as a iileasaiu memory for many
years.
What ever these four years have meant or done for you I hope it has
been a preparation for life. I hope that Bennett has helped you formu
late your goals and has made you realize what you really want to do.
So as the last exam is over, the last trunk packed, the last tear shed
I wish you ijood luck, happiness, and success.
^ ^ By DOROl HY ARNOLIX
SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS FIND
FIELD WORK BENEFICIAL
Feature Editor Lucille Brown, '47
Copy Editor Betty Powers, '47
Business Manager—
Sylvia Rock, '49
Secretary Natalie Peebles, ’47
Circulation Manager—
Lucille, Headen, '48
Assistant Exchange Bkiitors—
Dorothy Arnold, '48
Virginia Jeffsies, '48
The sociology students are helping
themselves and helping otliers In an
attempt to stimulate community or
ganization in Goshen, Collins Grove,
and Oak Ridge, rural areas in and
around Greensboro.
This project developed from a for
mer health school project which was
sponsored by the sociology depart
ment. Children who were malnour
ished and retarded received adequate
diet and care, continuing their regu
lar classes. Observations were made
on their change in weight and re-
spondence to classwork. This has
resulted in a larger project — Com
munity Health Education Program.
The emphasis of the Community
project is home-making, health, and
sanitation. The work is being cou
pled with other agencies and institu
tions such as the church, school,
county farm agents and county home
demonstration agent offices. The ob
jective is to improve living condi
tions, and to inspire the resident to
seek inuprovement without outside
influence.
Thus far, five local organizations
have been established with local
leadership. Accomplishments stem
fiom construction of sanitary wells
and privies to sponsoring health
clinics, organizing drama groups,
clean-up campaigns, church choirs,
remodeling of local churches and
a number of local homes.
The project provides areas in iwhich
sociology majors may obtain practi
cal experience that w^ill be of ex
treme Importance when they embark
upon their selected fields in the
realm of social work.
Reader s ^K^reat
THE 1X)IXT.\IXHE.\D
By Ayn Hand
This is a story about people —
not the ordinary people you see every
day, but the people you run into
once in a lifetime . . . The type of
people you admire, but whose life is
more complicated than you would
want yours to be . . . people with
great minds . . . strange personali
ties, conflicting emotions, high am
bitions, and vague ideals.
Against a background of architec
ture, the author weaves a tale of
human understanding. She tells of
Howard Roark, an architectural
genius, who fights against the world
in order to uphold his ideals. Then
there is Dominique Francon, as cold
and hard as a rod of steel, who could
not be bent or broken by any one
until she met Howard. There is Pe
ter Keating, who built his whole life
on other people until he reached his
pinnacle of fame. His fame was short
lived, for, built as it was ... on
everyone but himself, it soon came
crashing down about him.
The author delves deeply into the
human mind and uncovers many
hidden facts. She discovers what
makes people do the things they do
and what makes them cling to ideals
scorned by the world.
The Fountainhead is a “must” on
your reading list. Who knows, you
may find yourself among the charac
ters portrayed by the author.
DOROTHY ARNOLD, ’48
Inquiring Reporter
QUESTION: Do you feel assured
that when you graduate you will be
able to secure the position you de
sire, despite the threatening eco
nomic recession and possible high
competition?
VERA MOORE; I am somewhat
in doubt as to whether I can secure
the position that I desire after
graduation. I am interested in office
and secretarial work, but I am quite
skeptical about satisfying my want,
due to the fact that so many college
graduates are entering this field. I
know that competition will be great.
KATHERINE RANDOLPH: I am
not the least doubtful about securing
the position that I want, because of
the many opportunities that are open
to me. My particular field, dietetics,
is not too crowded ,and the govern
ment is now training dietitians with
pay. Because there are so many
phases of foods and dietetics that
offer good opportunities to those in
terested in securing a position, it
should be relatively easy, despite any
economic crisis or high competition.
THEODORA BERRY: Although I
plan to attend graduate school, I
feel that jobs will be available. There
are so many careers in Home Eco
nomics besides the regular teaching
profession, that I am sure that we
job seekers will be able to find the
type of work we desire and the type
hest suited to our needs.
WILLIE MAE JONES: I feel as
sured that I will be able to secure
the position 1 desire, because the
war has caused a great many vacan
cies in the elementary school systems
of our country. To find a desirable
job is not the greater task; To be
prepared to take a job that will fit
your needs and at the same time,
give you a personal feeling of achiev
ing is, in my opinion, the greater
task. However, I do not think the
problem of securing this type of job
will be a difficult one.
VIRGINIA JEFFRIES, '48.
Faculty Close - Up
.MRS. HOIXAXD
Mrs. Barbara W. Holland was
born in Camden, New Jersey. At the
age of six she moved to Philadelphia,
Pa., where she has lived ever since.
After graduation from the West
Philadelphia high school, she enter
ed Temple University, in the same
city, graduating in 1936. Three years
later she received her Master’s de
gree from Temple in home econom
ics. While at Temple she joined the
AKA sorority and was a member of
the Kappa Rho Honorary English
society. Although she enjoys school,
Mrs. Holland has no desire to get a
Ph. D. She has attended quite a few
schools during the summer, of which
Penn State is her favorite.
After graduating from Temple,
Mrs. Holland worked at Georgia
Normal in Albany, Ga., and at Prin
cess Anne College, in Maryland. She
came to Bennett in 19 40 and has
been with us ever since.
Cooking is her favorite pastime,
and most enjoyable hobby. She likes
to sew, but not for herself. Have you
seen the beautiful slip covers and
other things she has made for her
home? Perhaps it will interest you
to know that our Home Economics
department head was at one time so
fond of nursing that her highest am
bition was to be a doctor.
Mrs. Holland declares that her
talent is still hidden. She enjoys mu
sic, that is, listening to it. The organ
is her favorite instrument. She reads
mainly for entertainment.
She definitely refuses to live in
Philadelphia. Connecticut, New York
and Chicago are her favorite places.
Her greatest ambition: to have her
own home and to fix it like she wants
to. She is well on the way to achiev
ing this desire.
Wagstaff Named
Student Head
OFFICERS FOR CAMPUS
ORGANIZATIONS FOR 1947-48
Ktutlcnt Senate Cabinet:
Chairman, Virginia Wagstaff
Vice-Chairman, Patsy Blanchet
Recording Secretary, Betty Nor
wood
Treasurer, Dorothy Arnold
Parliamentarian, Urcelle Lunnon
V. W. C. A.:
President, Madeline Perkins
Vice-President, Mary Debro
Secretary, Mildred Harris
Treasurer, Frances Thompson
Sunday Sciiools
Superintendent, Lillie Mosby
Secretary-Treasurer, Lillian Mur-
phy
Reporter, Gaybella Barnes
Pianist, Celess McLester
Slid-Week Vespers Committee:
Chairman, Altamease Lester
Secretary, Miriam Ricks
Uennett Banner:
Editor, Dorothy Arnold
Co-Editor, Virginia Jeffries
.‘^ophoniore Class:
President, Vira Kennedy
Vice-President, Agnes Johnson
Assistant secretary, Mitilda Chavis
Treasurer, Marie Miller
Class representative, Lillian Clark
Junior Class:
President, Dolores Jones
Vice-President, Wilhelmina Blount
Secretary, Ovelia Vaughn
Treasurer, Rosalind Lynn
Parliamentarian, Evelyn Ander
son
Reporter, Altamease Lester
Class Representative, Audrose
Mackel
Senior Class:
President, Jessal Holland
Vice-President, Betty Norwood
Secretary, Juanita Pettice
Treasurer, Mildred Harris
Parlimentarian, Mae Lula Evans
Class Representative, Louise
Counts. .
Kaleidoscope
Friendship is a marriage. There
fore, like a marriage, friendship
should have its deepest roots in a
desire to understand and sympathize,
rather than to judge or evaluate.
Far above the idea that friends
are merely those disliking the same
people is the idea that friends are
those who are fundamentally kindred
in spirit.
Webster says that a friend is “one
attracted to another by esteem, re
spect, and affection; an intimate.”
May I add to that, that we LOVEI
our friends also, for love involves
forgiveness for error. Our friends
may often err, sometimes seriously,
and love is the one instrument which
can save a friend or a friendship
from failure.
It has been said that one true
friend is better to have than dozens
of false ones. It is well to remember
that, although friendship is based
on fifty-fifty sharing, it is sometimes
necessary that the scales be over
balanced on one side. Thus, in real
ity, only a flexible friendship can
survive in its full sincerity.
The development of friendships
takes time, for they must be tested
through all the channels which God
and man may devise.
We humans contain opposing
forces within us. Our egos are con
stantly being either bloated or flat
tened. Those who are our friends
are valuable as outside forces which
serve to humble us when we would
rise too high, and lift us when we
would sink too low. Therefore, we
depend on them rather heavily as
gauges for our daily conduct.
True friends are just like old
house shoes, comforts to us in times
of need. The poison of our heaviest
burdens may be poured on the sym
pathetic shoulders of our friends. In
this way we are freed and thus en
abled to set our minds and hands to
other tasks.
In a sense our friends mirror our
personalities. Qualities in our friends
complement qualities in us. A fiery
temper in one individual may be
perfectly balanced by patience in an
other. This is nature’s way of keep
ing human beings at a happy medi
um.
Common interests are binding ele
ments in friendships. Similar inter
ests result in our creating and think
ing together, at least in one particu
lar area.
Two writers may be of equal tal
ent, but may have entirely opposing
points of view. Common ground be
tween them is the ability to write,
but their points of view will make
them interesting to each other and
thereby act as the holding force in
their relationship. Another way of
saying this is, that friendship is the
attraction of opposites.
Friends are wonderful people who
are valuable assets in the sense of
bringing out the very best in us.
Friendships are founded on the solid
ground of understanding, sympathy,
and faith. They flourish under con
stant care and nourishment from the
food of consideration, respect, and
love.
—^GWEN CANN, ’49.
AI.PH.\ KAPPA MU DAY
The annual Alpha Kappa Mu Day
honoring the students who were on
the honor roll for the first semester
was held May 2, 1947. Miss Miriam
McTeer president of our Alpha Epsi
lon Chapter presided.
An inspiring message was given
by our own Mr. Ceasar Blake teacher
ol English. To you who have come
this far, may you continue your high
standard of scholarship.